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No, that would be receptionism. Christ's very body and blood are indeed present in the Eucharist. Receptionism implies that we have a part in Christ becoming present in, with and under the bread and wine.I thought that they do not see the Communion actually changed into blood/body of Christ externally, but is done internally in you once taken in?
While not as obvious in Lutheranism, Lutherans do adore the Eucharist; that is why we bow before the altar; some Congregations do have Tabernacles to reserve the consecrated elements; we have one, kept locked in the Sacristy, not in the sanctuary. Many of our clergy elevate the elements at the consecration; a few even Genuflect. While intended to be part of a Catholic Requiem Mass, Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus (Hail True Body) was first performed in the context of a Lutheran Mass. The Eucharist is Christ truly present, transcending both time and space as a means of grace given for us poor sinful beings.
Here is a Lutheran Choir performing it in a Lutheran Church:
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